Public holidays in Tuvalu

The following are public holidays in Tuvalu.

DateEnglish nameTuvaluan name
1 JanuaryNew Year's DayTausaga Fou
Second Monday in MarchCommonwealth Day
moveable in autumnGood Friday
moveable in autumnEaster Monday
Second Monday in MayGospel DayTe Aso o te Tala Lei
Second Saturday in June
(can vary if appointed differently)		King's Official Birthday
First Monday in AugustNational Children's DayAso Tamaliki
1 October (public holiday continues 2 October)Tuvalu Day
Second Monday in NovemberHeir to the Throne's Birthday
25 DecemberChristmas DayKilisimasi
26 DecemberBoxing Day

Also, the regions observe the following regional holidays:

DateAtoll/IslandNameRemarks
8 JanuaryNanumeaTe Po o TefolahaCalled Aso Pati by the Church, it is a day to commemorate the founder of the community, Tefolaha. It was the day Nanumea embraced Christianity.
3 FebruaryNanumeaPo LahiCelebrated with a feast in the ahiga
11 FebruaryNukufetauTe Aso o TutasiHonors the Tutasi school.
16 FebruaryNuiBogin te Ieka (Day of the Flood)Commemorates the Tsunami that struck the island on that day in 1882.
15 AprilNanumagaAho o te Fakavae
23 AprilFunafutiTe Aso o te Paula (The day of the bombing)Commemorates the day during the Pacific War (World War II) when 10 to 20 people took refuge in the concrete walled, pandanus-thatched church from a Japanese bombing raid. Corporal Fonnie Black Ladd, USMCR, persuaded them to get into dugouts, then a bomb struck the building shortly after.
moveable in MayNukulaelaeAso o te Tala LeiIsland-specific Gospel Day.
17 SeptemberNiutaoTe Aso o te Setema
21 OctoberFunafutiCyclone DayCommemorates Cyclone Bebe's destruction of Funafuti in 1972.
25 NovemberVaitupuTe Aso Fiafia (Happy Day)Commemorates 25 November 1887 which was the date on which the final instalment of a debt of $13,000 was repaid to H. M. Ruge and Company.
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